Defenseman Brandon Smith played five years with the Portland Winter Hawks where he was twice named a league Second Team All-Star. Despite his success with the 'Hawks, Smith, who was born in Hazelton, British Columbia on February 25th, 1973 went undrafted and eventually signed a free agent deal with the Detroit Red Wings, but not before winning the Top Defenseman trophy in the East Coast Hockey League.

With the Wings Smith never got a chance to play at the NHL level, instead spending all his time with the American Hockey League's Adirondack Red Wings. On August 5th, 1998 Smith signed with the Boston Bruins, and this time he got a chance in the big leagues.

Smith spent three seasons in the Bruins organization and each year he spent some time with the big club. Smith played just five games in Beantown in the 1998-99 season, but got into 22 matches the following year. In 22 games Smith posted two goals and four assists. When the Bruins signed veteran Paul Coffey then acquired defenseman Patrick Traverse early in the 2000-01 season there wasn't any room in Boston for Smith and he was limited to just three games, though he did manage a goal.

With his contract in Boston expired, Smith signed a deal with the San Jose Sharks, but he was unable to crack their roster and spent his season in the AHL. After a year with the Sharks' AHL affiliate in Cleveland, Smith signed as a free agent with the New York Islanders in 2002. He saw action in three games with the Isles that year and spent most of his time with the club's AHL affiliate in Bridgeport. After only one year with the New York Islanders, Smith found himself on the move once again as the Hazelton B.C. native signed with the AHL's Rochester Americans in the summer of 2004. Over two seasons Smith recorded a respectable 59 points with the Amerks but was unsigned by the club following the 2006-07 season. He opted to sign overseas with Berlin in the German League.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1989-90

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

59

2

17

19

16

1990-91

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

17

8

5

13

8

1991-92

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

70

12

32

44

63

1992-93

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

72

20

54

74

38

16

4

9

13

6

1993-94

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

72

19

63

82

47

10

2

10

12

8

1994-95

Dayton Bombers

ECHL

60

16

49

65

57

4

2

3

5

0

1994-95

Minnesota Moose

IHL

1

0

0

0

0

1994-95

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

14

1

2

3

7

3

0

0

0

2

1995-96

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

48

4

13

17

22

3

0

1

1

2

1996-97

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

80

8

26

34

30

4

0

0

0

0

1997-98

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

64

9

27

36

26

-19

1

0

1

1

0

1998-99

Boston Bruins

NHL

5

0

0

0

0

+2

1998-99

Providence Bruins

AHL

72

16

46

62

32

+36

19

1

9

10

12

1999-00

Boston Bruins

NHL

22

2

4

6

10

-4

1999-00

Providence Bruins

AHL

55

8

30

38

20

-7

14

1

11

12

2

2000-01

Boston Bruins

NHL

3

1

0

1

0

-1

2000-01

Providence Bruins

AHL

63

11

28

39

30

-12

17

0

5

5

6

2001-02

Cleveland Barons

AHL

59

6

29

35

26

-24

2002-03

New York Islanders

NHL

3

0

0

0

0

-2

2002-03

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

AHL

63

9

32

41

37

+10

9

1

3

4

5

2003-04

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

AHL

74

5

23

28

39

-2

7

1

3

4

9

2004-05

Rochester Americans

AHL

67

4

14

18

32

-1

8

1

1

2

4

2005-06

Rochester Americans

AHL

39

3

11

14

39

0

2006-07

Rochester Americans

AHL

71

9

36

45

54

+9

5

0

2

2

2

2007-08

Eisbaren Berlin

Germany

56

7

14

21

34

11

2

8

10

2

2008-09

Eisbaren Berlin

Germany

17

1

5

6

8

12

2

3

5

10

2009-10

Straubing Tigers

Germany

35

3

5

8

12

NHL Totals

33

3

4

7

10

WHL West Second All-Star Team (1993, 1994) ECHL First All-Star Team (1995) ECHL - Defenseman of the Year (1995) AHL First All-Star Team (1999)

Signed as a free agent by Detroit, July 22, 1997. Signed as a free agent by Boston, August 5, 1998. Signed as a free agent by San Jose, July 23, 2001. Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, August 3, 2002. Signed as a free agent by Rochester (AHL), September 10, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Berlin (Germany), July 31, 2007.